| | Israel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) |
 | | The IDF is considered one of the strongest Military Force in the Middle East and among the most technologically advanced in the world. |
 | | Women were historically barred from battle in the IDF, serving in a variety of technical and administrative support roles, except during the 1948 War of independence, when manpower shortages saw many of them taking active part in battles on the ground. |
 | | The influx of Jewish immigrants from the former USSR topped 750,000 during the period 1989-1999, bringing the population of Israel from the former Soviet Union to 1 million, one-sixth of the total population, and adding scientific and professional expertise of substantial value for the economy's future. |
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